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FIA, WEC voice support for 'simpler' Hypercar BoP system

The term was invoked by FIA Endurance Commission president Richard Mille when the governing body and WEC co-organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest outlined their vision for the BoP last weekend at the WEC season finale in Bahrain. 

Autosport · Nov 8, 2023

Senate Resolution Would Send Federal Offenders Back to Prison 3 Years After Being Released to Home Confinement

The Bureau of Prisons released more than 12,000 people on home confinement during the pandemic. Three years later, Republicans want to overturn a Justice Department rule allowing those still serving sentences to stay home.

Reason · Nov 6, 2023

WEC manufacturers set to reject Hypercar BoP revamp

A meeting was called by WEC rule makers the FIA and the Automobile Club in Paris late last month at which changes to the current system for 2024 were discussed.

Autosport · Oct 18, 2023

Why rivals don’t want BOP tweaks to help stop Red Bull

Construction work around the final sector of the Marina Bay city circuit means four of the characteristic 90-degree turns have been ditched. The replacement, a longer back straight, will ease the strain on the rear tyres. That could leave the door open for Ferrari in qualifying.

Motorsport · Sep 13, 2023

Why rivals don’t want BOP tweaks to help stop Red Bull F1 dominance

Construction work around the final sector of the Marina Bay city circuit means four of the characteristic 90-degree turns have been ditched. The replacement, a longer back straight, will ease the strain on the rear tyres. That could leave the door open for Ferrari in qualifying.

Autosport · Sep 13, 2023

10 things we learned from the 2023 WEC 6 Hours of Fuji

The World Endurance Championship's two-month summer break ended with its annual trip to Fuji, where Toyota continued an unbeaten stretch dating back to 2016 with a 1-2 finish. But the Japanese marque didn't have it as easy as the result on paper suggested, as Porsche emerged as GR010 HYBRID's closest…

Autosport · Sep 13, 2023

"Underestimated" Peugeot will be in the mix in Fuji WEC, say rivals

Peugeot notched up its first podium finish with the 9X8 in the last round at Monza, with Jean-Eric Vergne, Paul di Resta and Mikkel Jensen finishing third in the #93 car behind the winning Toyota and the second-placed Ferrari.

Motorsport · Sep 8, 2023

Federal Prison Guards Confessed to Rape and Got Away With It

"I knew they were scumbags," a former Bureau of Prisons officer tells Reason.

Reason · Sep 3, 2023

How Ferrari finally won a DTM race in 2023 with Jack Aitken

Ferrari was a front-running manufacturer in the first two years of the DTM’s GT3 era in 2021-22, with the factory-supported and Red Bull-branded AF Corse squad even challenging for the title with Liam Lawson in ‘21. However, with AF Corse leaving and being replaced by Emil Frey as Ferrari’s sole…

Motorsport · Aug 25, 2023

Why 2023’s most unpredictable series is a refreshing tonic

Formula 1 races this year have become an exercise in inevitability. Even if Max Verstappen is beaten to pole, or is bumped down the grid by a penalty as in Spa, it seems only a matter of time until he gets to the front. Red Bull’s reign of dominance has…

Autosport · Aug 17, 2023